PRESS RELEASES & ARTICLES
It's Time to Turn Up the Volume on Women Veteran-Owned Businesses
VR Small is a Navy veteran, founder and executive director for the Veteran Women's Enterprise Center (VWEC).
Military.com | By VR Small
Survey hopes to set the record straight when it comes to female veteran business owners
Are you a female veteran business owner in Dallas, Texas? This survey wants to know about your needs — so it can help female veterans everywhere succeed.
The Veteran Women's Enterprise Center — an organization that helps women veteran-owned businesses (WVOBs) scale, strategize, and succeed — is hosting a survey called "Moments that Matter" in partnership with the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank to examine the entrepreneur journey of WVOBs in Dallas. VWEC hopes the results of the survey will help WVOBs everywhere to be better understood and supported.
The Silent Minority: Women Veteran Owned Businesses
It's Time to Turn Up the Volume on the Often Silent Contributions of Women Veteran Owned Businesses
2019 Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program
The George W. Bush Institute announced the 2019 class selected to participate in the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at individuals serving our nation's veterans who are motivated to broaden their skillsets, knowledge, and influence across the country.
“I AM NOT INVISIBLE” CAMPAIGN
I Am Not Invisible is a remarkable exhibition featuring 30 portraits of Texas women military veterans. This exhibition will be on display March 23-31, 2019 at the State Capital.
There are more than 180,000 women veterans in Texas, a number that steadily rising.
VR Small, Hunt Institute Fellow
VR Small, Hunt Institute Fellow
The Institute welcomes VR Small as an Associate. Ms. Small supports the business community via WINGS and as a Certified SCORE Mentor. She continually focuses her energy on developing innovative programs for women, veterans and small business owners—turning visions into realities as the Founder and Executive Director for the Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC): a national initiative that has broken ground in southern Dallas as the first of many VWECs projected for Texas and our nation.
The Institute welcomes VR Small as an Associate. Ms. Small supports the business community via WINGS and as a Certified SCORE Mentor. She continually focuses her energy on developing innovative programs for women, veterans and small business owners—turning visions into realities as the Founder and Executive Director for the Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC): a national initiative that has broken ground in southern Dallas as the first of many VWECs projected for Texas and our nation.
THE VWEC Listed as one of 15 Amazing Female-Focused Coworking Spaces across our nation
Many women are also held back by less access to mentors, resources and opportunities to advance their careers, or feel ill at ease within the bro-culture of their workplace. Female-focused coworking offices seek to address some of these issues by providing amenities suited to women’s needs, as well as a calmer, safer environment for them and their families.
DIANA SABAU, Commerical Cafe
Women Veterans Day 2018 — A Texas First
Lillian Gregory, Change Ambassador for Organizations and Careers | Veterans Advocate | Author
On Women Veterans Day, we honor their service and seek to understand the challenges they face
As with their male counterparts, women veterans often have trouble finding a civilian job. VR Small, a six-year Navy veteran and founder of the Veteran Women's Enterprise Centerin Dallas, repeated to us what we've heard elsewhere.
Dallas Morning News Editorial
State’s First Women Veterans Day Has Roots With Dallas Politician, Entrepreneurs
Small was one of many female veterans across the state who spoke out in favor of the bill last year. The six-year Navy veteran has experienced first hand how people don’t immediately think of women serving in the military.
Heather Noel
Texas to honor women veterans on Tuesday
V.R. Small can still recall the awkwardness when she told people that she served. Fresh from the Navy in 1984, Small would sometimes mention that she was a veteran. She said people would hesitate, ignore her or offer a strange look.
Rose L. Thayer | Stars And Stripes
